Here is a quote from an earlier thread on this,
guppy
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Breeding has been done in aquariums but rarely. I doubt you have a breeding pair. Here is why.
Clown loaches mature slowly and can live as long as 50 years, those that have bred were kept in groups in large tanks. Temp in the low 80s, ph 6.5. They were all sexually mature and that means several years old and not less than 7"-8" long.
It is not easy to sex them unless they are adults and side by side, the male's tail tips curve inwards slightly at the ends while the females do not.
If I remember right you said in another thread that yours are only a couple inches long, much to young to mate but when they do they are noisy about it. They mate at night and make rapid clicking noises as they chase each other around the tank splashing and scattering eggs that sink to the bottom. They lay 400-500 eggs. They need to be seperated from the eggs as they eat them.
What is going on with yours is that unless you have several they tend to hide.
I only found a couple of confirmed tank breedings, There are several reports of pond and paddy culturing though, you pretty much need to live in the tropics.
guppy
Small Squiggly Thing
Join Date: Apr 2005
Group: Global Moderators
Location: Salem, Or.
Posts: 7,349
Breeding has been done in aquariums but rarely. I doubt you have a breeding pair. Here is why.
Clown loaches mature slowly and can live as long as 50 years, those that have bred were kept in groups in large tanks. Temp in the low 80s, ph 6.5. They were all sexually mature and that means several years old and not less than 7"-8" long.
It is not easy to sex them unless they are adults and side by side, the male's tail tips curve inwards slightly at the ends while the females do not.
If I remember right you said in another thread that yours are only a couple inches long, much to young to mate but when they do they are noisy about it. They mate at night and make rapid clicking noises as they chase each other around the tank splashing and scattering eggs that sink to the bottom. They lay 400-500 eggs. They need to be seperated from the eggs as they eat them.
What is going on with yours is that unless you have several they tend to hide.
I only found a couple of confirmed tank breedings, There are several reports of pond and paddy culturing though, you pretty much need to live in the tropics.
